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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, p. 84-95.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern threaten to do to the Player?
(a) Have him arrested
(b) Expose him for a fraud
(c) Dance on his grave
(d) Cut out his tongue

2. What does Rosencrantz realize about the costumes of two of the troupe?
(a) They are identical to his and Guildenstern's
(b) They are garments taken from his closet
(c) They are too shabby to wear to court
(d) They have been stolen from the palace

3. Who are the well-dressed Elizabethan gentlemen at the opening of the play?
(a) Hamlet and Horatio
(b) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
(c) Procter and Gamble
(d) Claudius and Polonius

4. In what kind of death does the Player say people only believe?
(a) Death of an actor
(b) Their own death
(c) Death on a stage
(d) Death at sea

5. How does Guildenstern win money from the Player and the troupe?
(a) He calls all coin tosses as tails.
(b) He plays a shell game.
(c) He calls all coin tosses as heads.
(d) He bets they cannot guess his birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Hamlet bow?

2. How does Guildenstern reply to Rosencrantz's idea about how Guildenstern must be feeling?

3. What is the leader of the traveling group called?

4. Where does the Player say they got The Murder of Gonzago?

5. What is the one bit of knowledge that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are sure of?

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